WEBVTT BURLEIGH HAD ENDU ANTHON LJ BURLEIGH A CROSSFIT FANATIC. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SHE SPENT YEARS IN THE HOSPITAL. >> THEY AMPUTATED MY FOOT. ANTHON AT THE AGE OF SIX THEY DISCOVER HER RIGHT LEG WAS NOT GROWING AS FAST AS HER LEFT. >> THA WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH WALKING. I HAD SURGE WITH METAL RODS INTO MY LEG TO LENGTHEN THE LEG AND EVERY DAY THEY TURNED IT AND MADE THE LEG LONGER. ANTHONY:THEY WERE PAINFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL. THEY CAUSED HER KNE TO COLLAPSE. >> FROM THE AGE OF SIX TO 10 I LIVED IN SHRINERS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HAD OVER 100 SURGERIES. THAT WAS A LOT ON ME. ANTHONY: SHE AND HER PARENTS OPTED FOR AMPUTATIO. BUT CAUSE SHE WAS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE SHE RECEIVED PROSTHETICS THAT WERE FAR FROM IDEAL. >> I WAS WALKING ON MY HIPS. I JU ROLLED MY HIPS TO GET THE LEG, THEY BUCKLED AND LOTS OF FALLS. ANTHON DESPITE THE PAIN AND SETBACKS, LJ NEVE STOPPED LIVING. PHYSICALLY UNABLE T WORK FULL-TIME SHE WORKED PART-TIME AS A PHOTOGRAPHER BUT HER FATE WOULD SOON CHANGE WHEN SHE MET THE NORDE BROTHERS, SURVIVORS OF THE BOSTO MARATHON BOMBING. THEY ASKED HER TO FUND RAISE -- PHOTOGRAPH THEIR FUNDRAISER, A GOLF TOURNAMENT. SPONSORED BY MCOP WHERE SHE MET A PROSTHETIST. WENT FROM SHE NEEDS A LEG TO I AM GOING TO MAKE HER LEG. >> I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE. THAT IS NICE. ANTHONY: MCOP PROVIDED CUSTOM PROSTHETICS TO THE WOUNDED AT WA LTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY CENTER. THE COMPANY EXPANDED OPENI THIS SPRING. >> THE PAGE WAS NOT TRY ON THE WALL AND THEY HAD ME IN HERE AND THERE AND THEY WERE WORKING ON ME. IT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE. ANTHONY: WARREN BEGAN HELPING LJ BY MAKING A LINER TO ROLL OVER HER LIMB. IT MANAGES THE FORCE OF HER STEPS. THEN THEY CHOSE THE KNEE. >> THIS IS THE KNEE DEVELOPED AT M.I.T. MANY YEARS AGO AND IT HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY REFINED OVER THE YEARS THROUGH A LOT OF INPUT. ANTHON THIS MICROPROCESSOR KN IS CONTROLLED THROUGH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. >> WE CONNECTED THE DEVICES EITHER THROUGH A LAPTOP OR AN ANDROID TABLET. YOU ADJUST CERTAIN PARAMETERS WITHIN THERE SO YOU CAN ADJUST HOW THEY LAND ON THE GROUND AND WHAT SORT OF CUSHION OR SHOCK ABSORPTION YOU GET OUT OF AN ANKLE, HOW IT WILL ROLL OVER TO THEIR FOR FOOT AND THE AMOUNT OF PUSH THAT THAT MOTOR CAN GIVE THAT PERSON TO PROPEL THEM FORWARD >> I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REGAIN ACTIVITIES I THOUGHT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN. I HAD REALLY BAD CHRON HIP PAIN IN MY BACK PAIN IS GONE. THIS WHOLE PROCESS HAS BEEN AMAZING. ANTHONY: LJ IS WORKING FULL-TIME BREAKING PERSONAL RECOR IN CROSSFIT, HIKING, ROCK CLIMBING, AND IS AN ADAPTIVE SKI INSTRUCTOR. >> SINCE I W SEVEN I HAVE BEEN SKIING. I SEE ON ONE LEG WITH TWO POLLS. IT IS GREA TO TEACH OTHERS. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED IT. I IN AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD. I CAN KEEP UP WITH PEOPLE WITH TWO LEGS AND SOMETIMES SURPASS THEM. ANTHONY: JOHN WARREN KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. >> THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN YOU ARE IN A CONVERTIBLE IN A NICE SUNNY DAY, THAT IS THE MICROPROCESSOR KNEE. YOU'RE LIVING YOUR LIFE AND LOOKING AROUND AND ENJOYING THINGS. WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT MECHANICAL KNEE, IT IS LIKE THE RAIN IS POURING, TRAFFIC I CRAZY, ALL YOUR ATTENTION I CONCENTRATING ON KEEPING THE CAR OR TH KNEE DOWN THE ROAD. >> I SPENT MOST OF MY TIME IN BED OR LAYING DOWN AND I WAS IN CONSTANT PAIN FROM THE WEAR AND TERMITE BODY WAS TAKING FROM THAT LEG AND NOW MY PAIN IS A MU ON. I HAVE A LOT MORE ACTIVE DAYS THAN I DO PAIN DAYS AND IT IS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE AND LET ME RECLAIM MY LIFE. ANTHON WHILE M OST WORK WITH AN ABOV KNEE AMPUTEE, THEY HELP